The technical principle and application case analysis of logistics UAV

Abstract

Driven by multiple factors such as the sharp increase in distribution demand, soaring labor costs, and complex service scenarios, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have met the basic requirements for practicality and jointly contributed to a "change" in logistics innovation —logistics UAVs. Logistics UAV is one of the typical representatives of the logistics industry's development towards automation and intelligence. After studying two representative logistics and transportation companies in the industry, it was found that the two companies have different positionings for the application scenarios of their respective logistics UAVs, but they have both developed Industry-leading products and technologies through long-term research and development. Although major companies have invested a lot in logistics UAVs in recent years, there are still four major technical problems to be overcome: path planning, automatic obstacle avoidance, battery life and safety. In addition to unavoidable technical problems, factors that hinder the large-scale deployment of logistics UAVs include imperfect commercial markets and imperfect regulatory systems. Although there is still a long way to go for logistics UAVs, logistics UAVs will surely become an indispensable infrastructure for the modern logistics industry in the future, helping the logistics industry to achieve leapfrog development.